Stickee



(No Model.)

1:". R. SBIDENSTIGKBR,

ANDIRUN.

Patented Ja.11.`4, 1887.

e auf 7 Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

E. ROBERT sEIDENsTIOKER, OE MERIDEN, OONNEOTIOUT, AssIGNORTO THE BRADLEY a HUBBARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OE sAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming par/t; of Letters Patent No. 355,563, dated January 4, 1887.

Application (fled July 19, 1856. Serial No. 208,353. (No model.) v

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, F. ROBERT SEIDEN- STICKER, of Meriden, in the county of New a new Improvement in Andirons; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification,- and represents a perspective view of a pair of irons embodying the invention.

This invention is an improvement in the construction of the -article of tire-furniture commonly called andirons,7 and which usually consist of an upright from which an arm v extends backward into the fire-place, upon which the fuel may rest.

In the general construction of these irons the feet which support the upright-extend alike on both sides-that is, to the right and left. In some cases a brace-like ornamentation extends from the legs up each side the upright, alike on both sides; but the lateral projection of such extension from the legs must be slight, for the'reason that, if not so, it

will interfere with the introduction yof fuel to the re between the uprights. 'f'

As andirons usually stand in the fire-place there is a very considerable space between the upright and the jamb, but which is protected by the fender, it extending from jamb to `jarnb in front of the irons. l

The object of my invention is to construct the irons so as to fill this space, but leave the` space between the uprights substantially free. To this end my invention consists in constructing a pair of irons with an extension upon the outer side of the uprights, the said extension serving to fill the open space at the rightand left of the pair of irons, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the upright `of the left-hand desirable shape or style.I Upon the outside y of each upright I provide an extension, E, from the legs or feet upward to a point considerably above the arms-that is, such extension projects to the left of the left-hand iron and to the right of theright-hand iron, as shown in L `the accompanying illustration. The feet as well as the upright may be made in various 1forms, more or less ornamental, and,extending outward and upward as they do, not only accomplish the object ofthe invention by filling the space to the right and left of the pai 1', but

may be of a shape or forni to add materially to the ornament-al appearance of the irons, and the space between the irons being fully open there is no interference with/placing the fuel upon the lire. v

The extension E serves as a guard for all practical purposes, so that a fender may be dispensed with.

I clain1-. A pair of' andirons each formed with front upright, A, and legs D, with lateral upright extension of the legs upon the outer side of the upright, adapted to fill the space between the upright and the jamb, substantially as de- F. ROBERT SEIDENSTIOKER. lWitnesses:

C. D. NEWBERRY, W. J. ROBINSON.A

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